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Stars: Tim Roth, Kelli Williams, Brendan Hines A white collar criminal agrees to help the FBI catch other white collar criminals using his expertise as an art and securities thief, counterfeiter, and conman. Stars: Matt Bomer, Tim DeKay, Willie Garson Edit Storyline A modern take on the cases of Sherlock Holmes, with the detective now living in New York City. New Holmes. New Watson. New York. Genres: 27 September 2012 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Did You Know? Trivia Neither Jonny Lee Miller , who plays Sherlock, nor Lucy Liu , who plays Watson, had ever read a Sherlock Holmes book before securing roles in the pilot. See more » Quotes A rare treat from the USA 9 January 2016 | by nij-chris-532-818683 (United Kingdom) – See all my reviews This purports to be a take on Sherlock, migrated to modern New York and it does this very well. Sherlock is a true eccentric, Watson equally and entertainingly odd with the NYPD reassuringly stereotypical, adding balance.

Jonny Lee Millar gives consistently outstanding performances full of quirky finger movements, twitches and sudden changes of direction - mental, emotional and physical. Watson is a bewildered soul mesmerised by Holmes, resentful of his offhand treatment of her, intrigued but unable to escape. Irene likewise is outstandingly good - another flawed character, riveting to watch. This series is a revelation, worth watching for JLM's performance alone. Worth 10/10 were it not for Watson's quacky delivery and Holmes' mumbling when thinking out loud but don't let this affect your enjoyment - just see if you agree. Absolutely brilliant. 5 of 6 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes Series Sherlock | Masterpiece | Official Site | PBS About the Show 2012 The world’s only consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch, Star Trek Into Darkness, Dr. Strange), teams up with his long-suffering, faithful friend, Dr. John Watson (The Hobbit, Fargo), to solve a dizzying array of crimes and battle diabolical villains with his signature deductive reasoning and his stunning lack of social grace.

Co-created by Steven Moffat (Doctor Who, Coupling) and Mark Gatiss (Doctor Who, The League of Gentlemen), Sherlock also stars Amanda Abbington (Mr. Selfridge), Rupert Graves (A Room with a View), and Andrew Scott (Spectre). Support Provided By: Sherlock Holmes gets modern treatment in two TV shows – USATODAY.com PHOTOS: The many faces of Sherlock Holmes The world's love affair with Holmes in all his mutations — be it in films, on TV or re-imagined in new novels — is cyclical. And "we seem to be at the peak of another wave," says Leslie Klinger, a Holmesian scholar and member of the Baker Street Irregulars, an organization of Holmes devotees. "Every age takes something different from Sherlock Holmes," says Klinger, who worked as a consultant on the 2009 and 2011 films that starred Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law as Holmes and Dr. John Watson (a third installment is in development). Klinger cites Guinness World Records , which lists Holmes as the most portrayed movie character; 75 actors have played the part in more than 200 films.

"There is something that every actor brings to this role," says Benedict Cumberbatch , who is up for an Emmy for lead actor in a miniseries for his work on Sherlock, in a phone interview from London. "Like Hamlet, if you're any good, you bring enough of your own personality and talent to bear that you will make it your own." "There is nothing new under the sun. It has all been done before," Holmes says in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's 1887 A Study in Scarlet, but the notion hasn't stopped filmmakers from experimenting with new interpretations of the Holmes legacy. Sherlock, which premiered in 2010, has had fans swooning over Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman as Holmes and Watson. And whether CBS' Elementary, which premieres Sept. 27 (10 ET/PT) and stars Jonny Lee Miller as Holmes and Lucy Liu as Joan Watson, is a misstep or a stroke of genius is a case waiting to be cracked. "Every vision of Holmes is a legitimate one," Klinger says.

And great actors, including Downey, Basil Rathbone and Jeremy Brett , who starred in the acclaimed Granada television series The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984-1994) in England, have found the role irresistible and inspiring. Men for all seasons Placing Holmes and Watson in the 21st century is not the first time the detectives have been shifted to an era other than the Victorian period in which they were first written. Universal Studios' 12 movies starring Rathbone all took place in the 1940s, the decade in which they were made. He's seen driving a car and even goes head-to-head against the Nazis. From these films grew the iconic image of Holmes (in part because of Rathbone's Shakespearean training) as a suave English gentleman decked out in a Deerstalker cap and Inverness cape. The films also are why Watson (as portrayed by Nigel Bruce) is considered by many to be a bumbling fool. But Conan Doyle envisioned him as a competent surgeon and excellent marksman, and quite intelligent.

As for the original Holmes, created in the 19th century and featured in four novels and more than 50 short stories, he was famous for his logic, disguises, a tobacco fetish and the occasional use of cocaine and opiates. Current novels range from The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz, a period piece that was authorized by the Conan Doyle estate, to Laurie R. King's Mary Russell novels, which give Holmes a wife who also solves mysteries. In film, Downey buffed Holmes into more of an action-adventure hero who brings mixed-martial-arts chops to his bare-chested street fights. On television, Cumberbatch's Sherlock is a nicotine-patch-wearing, tech savvy, fast-talking, antisocial genius whose brain analyzes clues at lightning speed. Elementary's Sherlock is a man with self-doubts, a secret past and a Watson described as his "sober companion." Cumberbatch's drama may be set in modern times, but, he says, "we came from a place of absolute reverence for the original. So it was always going to be an interpretation of the original, however much Sherlock fiddles with an iPhone or fusses around with modern graphics.

"Obviously there are some witty adaptations of certain ideas, but an awful lot of the material we use is from the canon. And the references are rich throughout," he says. "I guess that's why we're scoring high. We're appealing on both of those levels, and the traditionalists love the updates." Masterpiece executive producer Rebecca Eaton says she isn't sure there's room for two modern-day Sherlocks on TV. "It's already a crowded field. … I think (CBS is) skating a little close to the risky edge, because there's already such a successful TV show out there." She acknowledges, however, that "there are a lot of Sherlock Holmes fans out there. I don't know how those people will react to another Sherlock. Either they could be quite dismissive, or they could welcome any bit of Sherlock in the drought between our last season and the next one." Elementary executive producer Robert Doherty says: "Sherlock has broad shoulders, and I believe he can carry us all. I've seen Sherlock in other novels, in comic books, in television shows, in movies, in TV movies. Some are better than others, but nobody has managed to ruin the franchise.

It's a credit to what Conan Doyle did in the very beginning." Overall, Doherty says, it's a good time to be in the Sherlock business, "but you also want to make sure that you're telling your own story, and that you can sit down and be excited about your vision for the show and not think about the others." Room for everyone Don't expect a Cumberbatch vs. Miller smackdown over the franchise. The actors are friends who co-starred in Danny Boyle 's theatrical production of Frankenstein. And Miller called Cumberbatch before accepting Elementary. "Benedict has been very supportive, and I wanted to reassure him about how different this script was and project was," Miller told reporters in July. "All of the other differences will kind of be apparent." "I genuinely, as a friend, wish him all the luck in the world," Cumberbatch says. "It's a wonderful role, and I hope it's as enjoyable for him as it has been for me. I think there's room for both of us, (but if) his takes over, then I've had a fantastic time doing it and I wouldn't bear any grudge.

I adore Jonny." "It is a great honor to be asked to play such a rich character," Miller says via e-mail, "and I felt there were many differences in Rob Doherty's great script to anything I had seen previously. I particularly like the darker struggles our version of Sherlock is dealing with." As to how he'll make Holmes his own, Miller says: "I used the books. There is so much material there that you can try to find aspects that maybe haven't been seen so much. You can also discard what you feel has been seen a lot. I am trying to show some conflict and difficulty in Sherlock's life, so he seems a little at odds with the world." For now, while Sherlock balances its story lines atop Conan Doyle's body of work including The Hound of the Baskervilles, Elementary will devise new Holmes stories. "We're really trying to embrace our setting, trying to embrace our Watson," Doherty says.

"That's not to say we won't ever take something from the canon and try to make it an episode, but it's not what's really driving us." In the end, it will be up to fans to decide whether there's room for two modern-day Holmes/Watson teams on TV. Kristina Manente, who last year founded the London-based fan group Baker Street Babes ( bakerstreetbabes.com ), says Sherlock "is so brilliant, but when I first heard about it, I didn't like the idea of modernizing it. But it makes so much sense: Holmes was always a modern man. The acting and writing is flawless." And she's "quite open-minded about Elementary. I love Jonny Lee Miller. I'm definitely going to check it out. "To be fair, BBC's Sherlock has brilliantly used the canon as its base, so (Elementary) can't really mimic that. They have to do something new for it not to be thought of as a copycat." For more information about reprints & permissions , visit our FAQ's. To report corrections and clarifications, contact Standards Editor Brent Jones. For publication consideration in the newspaper, send comments to letters@usatoday.com .

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The sparky, self-deprecating 39-year-old takes up the story of how she was recruited to play the fictional wife of her off-screen partner, Martin Freeman: "We went round to Mark’s house to watch The Hound of the Baskervilles. When it was over, Steven and Mark said, 'Let's go and have a chat in the kitchen about the next series. We want to introduce a new character called Mary. Why don't you come and sit in with us, Amanda?' "I thought they were going to ask me, 'Do you have any ideas for this part? Which actress do you think works well with Martin? What about Penélope Cruz or Gwyneth Paltrow [two of Freeman's previous co-stars]?' In fact, what they said to me was, 'We'd like you to play Mary'. I probably got quite emotional at that point." Then, Abbington recalls with a grin, "I immediately started to talk myself out of the job, saying, 'Are you sure? Don’t we have millions of actresses who could do this job better than I could?'" But Moffat and Gatiss stuck to their guns and gave Abbington the role.

But even here, the actress's natural self-effacement kicks in. Over a cup of mint tea in a central London hotel, she tells The Independent that, "Mark and Steven thought it would be easy for Martin to play opposite me and that we would have a natural shorthand together - how wrong they were!" The actress, who met Freeman on the set of TV movie Men Only in 2000, smiles that, "It's shocking. It'll be the end of the series - there won’t be another Sherlock, all because of me. It's the curse of Amanda Abbington. There's a little spin-off show right there - a new four-parter about the downfall of all the shows I've been in!" Holmes wrecker? Amanda Abbington as Mary Watson Of course, her on-screen relationship with Freeman in fact crackles with life. Mary pulls Watson out of the doldrums after the apparent demise two years ago of his best friend, Sherlock Holmes, played by Benedict Cumberbatch. Later on in the first episode, entitled "The Empty Hearse" and broadcast on BBC1 at 9pm on New Year's Day, Mary offers her shocked husband support after Sherlock reappears out of the blue.

She is also John’s rock as the detective duo go on to tackle an urgent terrorist threat. Dropping the jokey demeanour, Abbington reflects that in reality, "I think Martin and I bounce off each other very well. He is one of my favourite actors. "He's so easy to work with and so creative. He brings something different to every single take. He is so on top of his lines that he can dig down and find a different angle every time. That really keeps you on your toes. Both characters go on a wonderful journey, and to do that with Martin was such fun." All the same, the actress, who was born in North London, the only child of Patsy and John, a taxi driver, admits it was a challenge initially to be the "third wheel" in the well-established relationship between Freeman and Cumberbatch. "Ben and Martin have real chemistry, and I had to hold my own in the scenes with them. It was daunting - not necessarily to come between them, but to arrive as another dynamic." Abbington carries on that, "I had lots of scenes with just the two of them, and that was quite a bit of pressure.

For instance, in the scene where Sherlock 'comes back from the dead' and reveals himself to John, I really had to up my game." Ah, yes, the miraculous resurrection of Sherlock - the issue that has set the internet alight since the sleuth appeared to jump to his death off the top of St Bart's Hospital in London almost two years ago. So, I attempt to ask as casually as possible... just how did Sherlock fake his own demise, then? "I can't possibly tell you," Abbington laughs at the sheer absurdity of the question.

"The producers would have me killed - they have that power!" Sherlock series three in pictures Sherlock series three in pictures 1/17 Sherlock series three Martin Freeman as Dr John Watson and Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes BBC Sherlock gives his unforgettable best man speech 3/17 Sherlock series three Martin Freeman and Benedict Cumberbatch in Sherlock BBC Una Stubbs as Mrs Hudson BBC Martin Freeman as Dr John Watson BBC Newspaper proprietor Charles Augustus Magnussen makes Lady Smallwood an offer she can't refuse BBC Lars Mikkelsen as the newspaper proprietor Charles Augustus Magnussen BBC Lindsay Duncan as Lady Smallwood in Sherlock BBC John and Mary get married while Sherlock looks on BBC Mark Gatiss as Mycroft Holmes BBC Rupert Graves as DI Lestrade BBC Martin Freeman as Dr John Watson BBC Amanda Abbington as Mary Morstan BBV In the New Year, Abbington will also be seen in another popular returning drama, ITV1's Mr Selfridge. In the second series, which is set on the eve of the First World War, she plays the lovelorn head of accessories, Miss Josie Mardle, in the famous Oxford Street department store run by the charismatic Harry Selfridge, portrayed by Jeremy Piven.

The drama is shot on a gorgeous set custom-made in a former carpet warehouse in one of the less prepossessing part of north-west London. Abbington, who lives in Hertfordshire with Freeman and their two young children, says that, "When you're wandering around the glamorous shop-floor set, you forget you're in Neasden. Then at 7pm, you step outside and think, 'Oh, now I remember. We’re actually in a shabby car park.' "Last year, a lot of pigeons were living in the warehouse. One day I was doing a scene, and this big pigeon poo landed just in front of me. I thought, 'My first review is in. You didn't like it, did you? Come on, don't sit on the fence!'" As you can see, Abbington's career continues to go from strength to strength, and the fact that she has major roles in two huge mainstream dramas will only boost her profile.

But again, the actress's natural modesty asserts itself as she jokes that, "It will either be good for my profile or people will say, 'Every time I turn on my telly on a Sunday night, it's her again!'" However, Abbington's increasing fame doesn't mean that she's now in the market to appear on reality TV shows such as I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! "Why would you want to be in the jungle for three weeks and eat testicles with Joey Essex for money? It's like going back to Bedlam, watching people doing horrible things for entertainment. "The only thing I'd love to do is Strictly Come Dancing. I love the idea of learning something. This is an official application. But I'm sure me being on it would be its downfall. The curse of Amanda Abbington strikes again!" Finally, does Abbington foresee a long run in Sherlock? "I hope there will be a big future for Mary - unless I upset Steven and Mark! In fact, it all depends on this interview. Just be careful. Don’t ruin it for me!" The new series of 'Sherlock' begins on New Year's Day at 9pm on BBC1.

'Mr Selfridge' returns to ITV in 2014 ‘Sherlock Holmes’: Hollywood finally plays by the book with Watson | Hero Complex – movies, comics, pop culture – Los Angeles Times ‘Sherlock Holmes’: Hollywood finally plays by the book with Watson Jan. 06, 2012 | 9:48 a.m. Nigel Bruce, right, played Dr. Watson to Basil Rathbone's Sherlock Holmes in 14 films. The pair are shown here in 1939's "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes." (American Cinematheque) Link Robert Duvall played Dr. Watson opposite Nicol Williamson's Sherlock Holmes in the 1976 Oscar-nominated film "The Seven-Per-Cent Solution," based on the novel by "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" director Nicholas Meyer. In the film, Watson tricks Holmes into going under the care of Dr. Sigmund Freud. (Universal Pictures) Link Patrick Macnee, right, best known for his role as "John Steed" in "The Avengers" series, portrayed Dr. Watson in several TV movies, including "Incident at Victoria Falls." Christopher Lee, left, played Holmes in the films.

(Revelation Films; Kirk McKoy/Los Angeles Times) Link It’s a mystery worthy of Sherlock Holmes — you might call it “The Doltish Doctor of Baker Street” — and the scene of the crime was in Hollywood the day before April Fools’ Day 1939. That’s when 20th Century Fox released “ The Hound of the Baskervilles ,” the first of 14 films starring Basil Rathbone as Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Doctor Watson, that daring duo from Arthur Conan Doyle’s famed books. Doyle has deeply devoted fans across the globe and through generations, and the eager ones who went to see “The Hound of the Baskervilles” in theaters back in ’39 were surely shocked when they realized there was something very different about this new Watson: The man was a complete idiot. Doyle readers since 1887 had known John Watson as a bright, handsome man of the world, a battlefield surgeon and former rugby player who had yet to reach his 30th birthday when he set out for adventure with his eccentric and brilliant friend.

But that hale and hearty Watson never made it to the screen with the plump performance of Bruce, who played the sidekick as an endearing but daft uncle whose primary functions were to express baffled amazement and get into trouble. Doyle purists jeered at the parlor nitwit (they nicknamed him “Boobus Britannicus”) but moviegoers adored the elementary appeal of the character, as did the radio listeners who tuned in to hear Bruce (paired at first with Rathbone, then later with other Holmes actors) put on jolly good shows in 259 weekly episodes . Over the last seven decades, Bruce’s portrayal of Watson has maintained more traction in the public imagination than any other version in any medium. That may change, however, with the unfolding success story of director Guy Ritchie’s revival of the great detective and his physician friend, played now by Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law, respectively. “ Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows ” opened Dec. 16 and has grossed $254 million worldwide , which adds to the $545 million brought in by the first installment in 2009.

Today’s young moviegoers may have bought into the franchise’s Victorian Era adventures because they connect with Downey’s dark, bratty charisma and Ritchie’s trademark slo-mo / fast-mo mayhem, but it is Law’s Watson that has created the biggest stir among silver-haired Sherlockians. “For years, Sherlockians have wrung their hands and bemoaned the fate of poor Watson on screen in films and television and told anyone who would listen that this wasn’t the real Watson,” said Leslie S. Klinger , the editor of “ The Annotated Sherlock Holmes ” and an advisor on both Ritchie films. “The thing that Sherlockians say is, ‘Why would a genius like Sherlock Holmes want to hang around with a fool like Nigel Bruce’s Watson?’ It doesn’t make any sense…. The way we have always thought of him is as an intelligent person, young and certainly not older than Holmes, someone who is stalwart and courageous, a little bit physical. He’s someone who can mostly give back as good as he gets from Holmes….

I’m on the payroll so I am not unbiased, but I think Jude Law is probably the finest on-screen Watson ever.” Naming the best Watson in film or television would lead to spirited debate for members of the Baker Street Irregulars, the invitation-only literary society with a name inspired by the Doyle detective’s famed street address, and many would point out that the redemption of a capable Watson has been achieved in the past. In the 1980s and 1990s, for instance, first David Burke and then Edward Hardwicke played Watson with distinction in the highly regarded Granada productions for British television. Still, when Law took on the role, many Sherlockians felt that Hollywood had finally delivered a Watson who was more buff than buffoonish. In “A Game of Shadows,” Holmes most certainly wants Watson around, but the doctor’s impending marriage threatens to smother their adventures. There’s also a rising danger as Professor Moriarty, played by Jared Harris , sets in motion a plot to create massive strife for all of Europe and massive profits for himself.

Stephen Fry joins the cast as Mycroft Holmes, brother of Sherlock, and at one point in the film, right after meeting Watson, he finds himself impressed by the doctor’s incisive deductions. Turning to his brother, Mycroft points out that Watson is not nearly “as slow-witted as you’ve led me to believe” — a fitting sentiment for the celluloid career of Watson. Nigel Bruce, right, played Dr. Watson to Basil Rathbone's Sherlock Holmes in 14 films. The pair are shown here in 1939's "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes." (American Cinematheque) There have been more than 200 movies featuring the character of Sherlock Holmes (and more than 75 actors), and by most citations he is the most persistent fictional character in film history, ahead of Dracula, Tarzan and old Ebenezer Scrooge. And, Klinger points out, Dr. Watson is in almost every one of those Holmes films. With each new portrayal, the creative team and the actor have looked at the past (with Doyle’s writings and Bruce’s performances looming most large there) and decided what to leave in and what to leave out.

André Morell, Robert Duvall, James Mason and Colin Blakely are among the actors who have played Watson on the big screen. There’s no end in sight. CBS announced in September it was moving forward with plans for a prime-time Holmes series from the producers of “Unforgettable.” The fact that CBS’ approach will be to move the detective to a modern-day setting was not received well by the creative team behind ’ Sherlock ,” the Emmy-winning U.K. series that premiered on BBC One in summer 2010 and later aired in the United States under the PBS “Masterpiece” banner. “Sherlock” stars Benedict Cumberbatch as the cerebral sleuth and Martin Freeman as Watson, and, yes, that show transplants the tandem’s exploits to contemporary England. Jude Law, right, returns as Dr. John Watson with Robert Downey Jr. in "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows." (Christopher Raphael / Warner Bros.) If the two television projects look to bring the 19th century hero up to modern times, the Ritchie films try to transport a modern sensibility back to old London.

For Downey, who is already turning his sights to a third Holmes film, the key to the franchise’s success is respecting the rhythms of Doyle’s universe and being brave enough to “not treat it like a museum piece that might break.” During an interview at his Venice Beach office last spring, Downey said it was amusing to note the number of reviewers who have criticized the movies for making the detective duo younger and edgier when in fact they were returning to the core of the source material. “I’m a big believer in literary significance and Doyle is a standalone innovator in the art of reverse storytelling, and Guy is not a linear thinker, so that suited him,” Downey said. “Working with Jude is just a delight and we have this adventure, this expedition into character, and if we do to it correctly we have something that really works. There’s a reason Doyle and Holmes and Watson endure.” The Holmes and Watson canon not only endures, it has just expanded.

In November, “The House of Silk” by Anthony Horowitz became the first new Holmes adventure to be sanctioned by the late author’s estate and became an official addition to Doyle’s 56 short stories and four novels featuring the detective, which were first collected and published in 1930 as “The Complete Sherlock Holmes.” The new bestseller earned strong reviews for its macabre tale that opens years after the death of Holmes with aged Watson revealing for the first time details of a shocking early case. To Lionel Wigram, a producer of the Ritchie films, there was no great mystery to solve in the salvation of Watson — it just required a respectful reading of Doyle. “This is the 115th anniversary of the first Sherlock Holmes story and it all comes down to the brilliance of Arthur Conan Doyle,” Wigram said. “In Watson we see ourselves, the reader or the audience; he is our way into the adventure, and in Holmes we see the very best of all of us, the power of intellect.

The friendship and the writing of Doyle, which is underrated, is why Holmes and Watson still matter and will continue to matter.” — Geoff Boucher Sherlock: Fourth series to follow a special in 2015 - BBC News BBC News Sherlock: Fourth series to follow a special in 2015 2 July 2014 Close share panel Image caption Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman will return for a "deeper and darker" fourth series The creators of Sherlock have confirmed the hit BBC One drama will be back for a special in 2015, followed by a fourth series of three episodes. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman, the special will start filming in January with the series following later in 2015. The award-winning show is co-created by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss. Gatiss promised the new series would take Sherlock Holmes and John Watson "into deeper and darker water". The announcement follows comments from Freeman, who plays Sherlock's sidekick, earlier this week. He appeared to let slip in an interview the show would return for a one-off special.

Image caption The last series saw Watson get married He told The Telegraph : "I'm speaking off-message here; if this was New Labour I'd get fired - I think that might be for next Christmas. A Christmas special. That's what I understand." Freeman also confirmed his real-life partner Amanda Abbington would return to her role, as Watson's new wife Mary, for the special. The last series kicked off with Sherlock returning from the dead, however the BBC said series four would be "the most shocking and surprising series of Sherlock yet". "Of course, it's far too early to say what's coming, but we're reasonably confident that the very next thing to happen to Sherlock and John, is the very last thing you'd expect," said Moffat, who writes and executive produces the show with Gatiss, inspired by the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Gatiss said the team were "terrifically excited" about returning, adding: "At last!

It's always special to return to Sherlock but this time it's even more special as we're doing...a special!" Image caption Co-creator Mark Gatiss also plays Sherlock's brother Mycroft 'In demand actors' The popularity of the show's stars and creators has made it difficult for them to commit to filming more episodes until now. BBC One controller Charlotte Moore said it was "no mean feat pinning down some of this country's most brilliant and in demand actors and writers" for shooting. Cumberbatch will soon star as World War II codebreaker Alan Turing in the film The Imitation Game, while Freeman recently appeared on our screens as the star of US TV drama Fargo. "It's taken a little while to get the dates sorted as none of the boys are exactly sitting back twiddling their thumbs," said Sue Vertue from Hartswood Films, the company which makes Sherlock for BBC One.

"But there was unanimous goodwill to make this work so we're thrilled that 221b is going to be inhabited again." Sherlock' Benedict Cumberbatch left wondering about his own faked death scene - Telegraph BBC Sherlock: Benedict Cumberbatch left wondering about his own faked death scene Sherlock Holmes finally reveals how he faked his own death, as actor Benedict Cumberbatch admits even he is not quite sure what happened Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman in Sherlock series 3 Photo: BBC/Hartswood Follow It is the mystery that has plagued fans for years, but it appears even actor Benedict Cumberbatch is not quite clear how Sherlock faked his own death. The actor, who plays the fictional detective in the award-winning BBC drama, has claimed he was left wondering whether "even he" knew the full story, after reading the script and appearing in the scenes. The mystery is one of the most talked-about television cliffhangers of recent times, with nearly two years of speculation since the final episode of the last series. The programme will now return to British television screens on New Years’ Day, in an episode fans hope will finally put an end to their guesswork.

A trailer for the show, entitled The Empty Hearse, has already confirmed Cumberbatch’s onscreen return, with Holmes battling against an imminent terror attack after returning to London two years after he disappeared. Related Articles New teaser trailer for Sherlock: The Empty Hearse 09 Dec 2013 Dr John Watson, played by Martin Freeman, will have "moved on" from the loss of his friend, finding romance on screen with his real-life partner Amanda Abbington, who plays new character Mary. Despite reading the script and acting the central character, Cumberbatch has now disclosed he has been nearly as intrigued by the final solution as fans. Speaking at a preview screening of the episode at the BFI, London, Cumberbatch said he was still left wondering: “Gosh, do I even know?” He has previously said he was “as curious as the nation to figure it out”, claiming his own theory “wasn’t far off” what he had seen on screen. When asked about how he felt to return to the much-anticipated series, he told an audience: “We get as much fun as you do when we first read the scripts.

It’s a lot of fun to be back.” Martin Freeman added: “It was like putting on an old coat. I love the familiarity of the role, the writing, working with all these guys on set. “It’s something we really enjoy. We do love giving it to you.” Speaking of how the faked death had remained a secret, despite filming scenes in public in view of fans and a large crew, the Sherlock team claimed it had been down entirely to the “kindness and self-discipline” of observers. Mark Gatiss, the writer and executive producer who also plays Sherlock’s brother Mycroft, added: “We had absolutely no idea it was going to take on the epic proportions it has.” The final episode of the last series saw Sherlock Holmes standing on the roof of St Bartholomew’s hospital in central London, telephoning side-kick Dr Watson to bid him farewell. He was then seen leaping from the parapet and striking the pavement, before being carried away without a pulse and bleeding from the head. The new trailer, entitled "#SherlockLives", shows Watson telling Sherlock: “I don’t care how you faked it.

I want to know why.” In what has been interpreted as a significant clue, Sherlock is heard to say: “The one thing they thought didn’t matter at all to me was the one person that mattered the most.” Steven Moffat, co-creator of the show, has previously told fans: “There is a clue everyone has missed. So many people theorising about Sherlock’s death online – and they missed it!” The full one-hour-and-25-minute episode will be shown in full on Wednesday, Jan 1 at 9pm on BBC One. The theories: how fans think Sherlock survived fall 1 Holmes launched himself from the roof, only to land in the soft bags of a rubbish truck adjacent to where his body is found. The truck would also allow other characters in on the plot, including Molly the pathologist and his network of homeless people, the chance to replace his body with a lookalike. 2 The falling man was really Moriarty, who moments earlier had committed suicide on the rooftop by shooting himself in the mouth. It is suggested that Holmes had wrapped his nemesis in his overcoat and tipped his body over the ledge.

3 Once on the ground, some fans believe that Holmes could have used a small rubber ball he had been playing with earlier in the episode to cut off his pulse to his wrist. The effect would allow him to appear dead even if Watson checked him. 4 The detective used toxins produced by the rhododendron flower to appear dead. He had mentioned the flowers earlier in the episode, saying they were in the vicinity of the place where kidnapped children were being held. These flowers produce a toxin that can induce a state which resembles death. ‘Elementary’ vs. ‘Sherlock’: Who’s the better Holmes? | New York Post ‘Elementary’ vs. ‘Sherlock’: Who’s the better Holmes? Jonny Lee Miller (left) and Benedict Cumberbatch (right) play Sherlock Holmes on "Elementary" and "Sherlock" respectively. CBS and BBC More On: What to watch if you're not watching the game Michael Starr makes the case for ‘Elementary’: I was initially skeptical (so what else is new?) prior to watching “Elementary” on CBS. A show in which Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s iconic British detective, Sherlock Holmes — the one we all know and love — never existed? Please.

Oh, and we’re supposed to believe the Sherlock Holmes who exists in “Elementary” (Jonny Lee Miller) is, like Conan Doyle’s creation, a British-born recovering drug addict — only here he’s been transplanted to New York, where his brilliant deductive reasoning (and OCD) makes him an invaluable asset as a consultant to the NYPD? Well . . . yes. I quickly bought into the premise lock, stock and barrel — and the series is terrific. What makes “Elementary” so good — at least in the context of its suspending-belief TV universe — are the performances of its stars, both Miller and Lucy Liu, who plays Holmes’ sidekick, Dr. Joan Watson. She’s an ex-surgeon who abandoned medicine after an unfortunate incident and has morphed from Sherlock’s “sober companion” to his salaried crime-solving partner. Their on-screen chemistry (no romantic overtones — yet) is palpable. Miller somehow imbues Holmes — arrogant and condescending — with just the slightest bit of vulnerability, making us like and admire him in spite of ourselves while Miller fires off his elaborate, florid dialogue effortlessly (or seemingly so).

Watson herself is no shrinking violet, softening Sherlock’s verbal blows with an “are you kidding me?” stance while, in her own sly way, getting all up into her partner’s grill — while respecting his ethereal brilliance. The show is fun and fast-paced, in spite of its over-the-top plots, and features a winning supporting cast (Aidan Quinn as world weary NYPD Capt. Tommy Gregson and Jon Michael Hill as top-notch, slightly cynical Det. Marcus Bell). Kudos to series creator Robert Doherty for adding a new wrinkle to a familiar pop-culture mainstay. Sara Stewart makes the case for ‘Sherlock’: I cringe at the term “Cumberbitch,” but I’m not going to lie — the impending arrival of the third season of “Sherlock” on Sunday does make me a bit teenage-girl-shrieky inside. As the BBC’s version of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s quirky detective, Benedict Cumberbatch is so right for the part it’s almost painful to watch anyone else try (apologies to RDJ and Johnny Lee Miller).

It’s not (just) his aristocratic, weirdly reptilian good looks or the Alan Rickman-lite voice — Cumberbatch just exudes effortless, amused intelligence. He’s the embodiment of the high I.Q. of the show, whose banter is so quick a non-Brit would be well advised to watch with closed captioning on (I’m still not sure I got every word from the last two seasons). In a world oversaturated with reboots, sequels and updates, Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss’ creation is the rare worthwhile revisit: a contemporary rendition of the world’s greatest detective, meshing the utility of modern technology (texting often figures prominently) with a deliciously Victorian sense of leisure (Sherlock spends off hours at 221B Baker St. not on the Internet but playing the violin, doing questionable science experiments or just staring off into space). And the rest of the cast is equally impeccable. Has there ever been a part more well-suited to the twitchy, double-takey Martin Freeman? (Well, other than “The Office”?) Marvel as his John Watson discovers Sherlock’s back from the dead; the scene is a thing of comic beauty.

Then there’s his brother Mycroft, played to simpering perfection by Gatiss himself, who very nearly walks off with Sunday’s episode. Plus, you have to respect a show that so clearly adores its obsessive audience right back: Sherlock’s return features not one but two fan-fictiony kisses between characters — which I’m not going to spoil for you, don’t worry. The episode’s title, “The Empty Hearse,” is the name of a group of Sherlock admirers (in the show) piecing together their hypotheses about how he pulled off his fake suicide, just like we’ve all been doing here in the real world. This show is for full-on nerds, my friends. And as Sherlock siren Irene Adler put it last season, “Brainy is the new sexy.” Share this:

Question: Who plays Holmes in the recent TV series entitled 'Sherlock'?
Answer: BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH